# Shirshita Village, Suri - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Suri - II, Birbhum 

# Shirshita

Shirshita is a village in Suri - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,804 people in 412 households**, the 11th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.7%.

- 1,804people (2011)
- 412households
- 74.3%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shirshita

Of every 100 households in Shirshita in 2011, 25 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shirshita · ■ Suri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**82%

Use banking services ****90%**

**69%

Television ****8%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shirshita?

■ Shirshita · ■ Suri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**72.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**948

Working population ****40.0%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 67.3% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 210 (29%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 37 (5%) · **■** Marginal 388 (54%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Suri - II

- Dhaltikri1,874 people
- Abinashpur1,846 people
- Banshanka1,838 people
- Majigram1,811 people
- Bansra1,795 people
- Indragachha1,774 people
- Chhota Kustikuri1,656 people
- Jamuri1,641 people

[All 95 villages in Suri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/suri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shirshita?1,804 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shirshita in?Birbhum district (Suri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shirshita?74.3% (Census 2011)